Brian Fultz

Infrastructure / Transportation Sedona's transit operations are still relatively young, and while there have been many successes thus far, I believe it's important that we evaluate where we are and ask the tough questions around whether the strategy should be maintained or whether any changes are warranted. Economy I believe Sedona's opportunity for economic diversification lies with workers that have geographic flexibility for remote work or entrepreneurs that require little to no physical space to build their businesses and in turn can leverage workers that don't necessarily need to live in Sedona. I think we also need to look at economic development regionally and discover where Sedona can play a role such as the growing presence of a bioscience hub in Flagstaff. Housing While Sedona works on solutions for housing in the city and with our Verde Valley neighbors, I also believe that Council should continue to engage the state legislature to seek reasonable reform of the state's Short Term Rental (STR) law starting with the ability to cap the number of units in a municipality. Housing I believe we need to be creative in considering how Verde Valley transit solutions can be part of the housing solution. I believe we need to let the market provide solutions as much as possible as opposed to relying on complex and expensive tax credit solutions. And while I'm hopeful that housing solutions can be provided at the Western Gateway, I would say my view is not an "at any cost" perspective in the event that projects aren't viable for development unless they are priced at luxury levels. Housing We need an assessment of the infrastructure and wildfire resilience needed to support any housing plans.